July 4, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



431 



makes .3951 ounce of honey that each drone 

 costs. Multiply this by 576, and you have 

 227.5776 ounces, or 14.2236 pounds of honey 

 that it has cost to rear and support the drones 

 from that piece of comb the size of a pound 

 section. 



•■ But," you say. " I don't stand all that 

 expense, for I slice off the heads of the sealed 

 brood every time I go over them, so I stand 

 only the trifle that it costs to rear them." 



Suppose we figure on that. Multiply .0141 

 by 576, and you have 8.1216 ounces of honey 

 that each slicing has cost you. Remember 

 that this cost has occurred before the cells are 

 sealed ; and as fast as you slice off the heads 

 of the brood a fresh lot will be started so long' 

 as there is a moderate degree of storing. Sup- 

 pose you begin slicing June 1, and slice every 

 two weeks, making the last slicing July 13. 

 That will make four times, costing you a 

 trifle more than two pounds. Don't you be- 

 lieve you could go over 25 colonies in a day, 

 cutting out the drone-comb and putting 

 patches of worker-comb in place thereof J 

 That would give you a payment of 50 pounds 

 of honey for the day's work, to say nothing 

 of the saving in future years. <^Ht out the 

 ilroiie-comb. — Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



A New Bee-Keeping EI Dorado. 



It is in Arkansas, and L. E. Kerr .says in 

 the American Bee-Keeper ; 



The flow begins here the first of April and 

 continues till November. It is not spasmodic, 

 but comes in a slow, steady stream for about 

 seven months, enabling a wide-awake bee- 

 keeper to secure from 100 to 800 pounds of 

 comb hone.y, of first-class quality, as an aver- 

 age yield per colony. 



With a honey-fiow lasting seven months 

 many would naturally suppose that the mat- 

 ter of keeping the colonies in shape to do the 

 best work would be no little item ; but really 

 all we have to do is to keep good (|ueens and 

 let them aloue, and they remain strong them- 

 selves, with no swarming except during April 

 and May. 



Editor Hill comments as follows: 



" From 100 to 300 pounds of coTnb honey of 

 first-class quality, as an average yield per col- 

 ony," is truly wonderfid. In this day of 

 small yields, it is refreshing to read of such a 

 locality. Jli-. Kerr's idea, as to the superior 

 finish and quality of comb honey where the 

 bees have seven months to devote to the work, 

 is something entirely new and quite at vari- 

 ance with the experience of nearly, if not 

 quite, all experienced producers of comb 

 honey. We should decidedly prefer a location 

 where all the finish and trimmings were 

 applied in ten days. It is a magnificent theory. 

 indeed ; but we have never learned to admire 

 "a slow, steady stream,'' when " first-class " 

 comb honey was the object. 



Long Tongues and Their Value. 



Dr. Miller thinks long tongues may be of 

 value for other blossoms than those of red 

 clover, but that longest tongues are not neces- 

 sarily best in all cases. He says in Gleanings 

 in Bee-Culture ; 



Why should it be considered a strange 

 thing that other flowers should have tubes of 

 the same depth as red clover '. It is possible 

 that many of the flowers commonly visited 

 for nectar have tubes of different lengths, 

 some of them accessible only to tongues of 

 unusual length, thus giving long tougues the 

 advantage aside from red clover. Again, a 

 flower-tube may be of such depth that only 

 part of its contents can be reached by a 

 tongue of ordinary length, while one a little 

 longer may drain it to the bottom. 



Please don't understand that I believe that 

 length of tongue is the only thing to be con- 

 sidered. I should prefer to inalie selection by 

 noting the amount of stores gathered rather 

 than by measuring tongues. It is possible 

 that, among several colonies, the one with 

 longest tongues maybe the ]ioorest. (Ine col- 

 ony may excel it because of greater diligence. 

 Another may work earlier in the day. Another 

 may excel because of greater I'jngeviry. So 



I think it would have been unwise to depend 

 upon tongue-length alone. But I do insist 

 that the advantage of long tongues has not 

 been proven to be exclusively associated with 

 red clover ; and it is possible — not probable, 1 

 think — that the gain from other flowers with 

 long tubes may he even greater than from 

 red clover. 



Straining Extracted Honey. 



Ellas Fox gives his plan in Gleanings in 

 Bee-Culture as follows; 



I have six large barrels, holding about 600 

 pounds each, arranged around my extracting- 

 room on a strong bench, with heads out, and 

 molasses-gates near the bottom. Each barrel 

 is supplied with a Jine cheese-cloth strainer 

 tied securely over the head. I draw the 

 honey from the extractor into an ordinary 

 water-pail, and transmit to these barrels 

 through the strainers. This takes out the 

 minutest specks. It is left in these barrels 

 from one to six weeks (according to the time 

 in the season of extracting), when it is drawn 

 off into 60-pound cans, caps screwed down 

 tight, and placed in cases, and securely nailed, 

 ready for shipment. I have practiced this 

 method for the past 18 years, and have never 

 had a word of fault found. 



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We will mail one of the above queens 

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Please do not conflict the above offer 

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cells and uut 

 them into SWARTHMORE FERTILIZING BOXES. 



Attach the boxes '. to loj to the outside ot that 

 hive, ami ia a few day^ nearly all the <tueens 

 will be found mated and laying-. Any child can 

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I HON&y AND BEESWAX I 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, June 1*J. — New comb honey has not 

 yet reached this market. It would sell at 15@ 

 K.c if choice white, and the ambers at U@13c. 

 The market is entirely bare with exception of a 

 few cases of a lot that we had held for us, ex- 

 pecting it would be needed. Advices are that 

 shipments will be started by July 1. Very little 

 trading- is being done in extracted, as large 

 dealers will not contract this season unless at 

 low figures; some sales of amber have been 

 made at 4}^(ft'5c for early autumn delivery; 

 white is held at 5Hc. Beeswax sells at 30c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Cincinnati, May 17. — No demand for comb 

 honey, also stock of it well exhausted. Ex- 

 tracted very dull; sales are more or less forced; 

 lower prices from /^ to 1 cent per pound. 



C. H. W. Weber. 



Boston, June 14.— There is practically no 

 comb honey in our market, and owing to warm. 

 weather very little call for it. Are e.xpecting' 

 some new comb early next month. Market for 

 extracted dull, at 654@"Hc. 



Blake, Scott & I«bb. 



Omaha, May 1.— Comb honey, extra white, 

 24-frame cases, per case, $3.40; No. 1, $3.25; am- 

 ber, $3.00. Peycke Bros, 



New York, June 1.— Extracted honev is ex 

 ceedingly dull and verv little moving. Wequote 

 for the present: White, 6M'" "c; light amber, 

 5!^@6c; amber, 5'" 5\c. Some demand for comb 

 honey at unchanged prices. New crop is now 

 beginning to arrive from the South, and sells at 

 from 12(«15c. according to qualitv and style. 



Beeswax, 2'^c. 



HiLDRETH & SbQELKEN. 



Albany, N. Y., June 18.— Honey market is 

 dull with no receipts or stocks and little de- 

 mand. It is between seasons now. Prospect of 

 good crop in this vicinity from what bees there 

 are left, the greater portion having been killed 

 by foul brood exterminators. H. R. Wright. 



Detroit, June 24.— Very few sales of honey, 

 but prices are well sustained on good lots. The 

 new crop will start out at good prices, and with 

 little old honev to interfere. Beeswax in fair 

 demand at 27@28c. M. H. Hunt & Son. 



Buffalo, June 2o. — Honey not wanted till 

 cool, fall weather. Little old honey here and 

 dragging, oc/ U)c. Extracted not wanted. Fruit 

 takes place of honey now. Batterson & Co. 



Kansas City, June 14.— Very little old honey 

 on our market but what is damaged bv being 

 granulated. Sales are light at 15 cents'for best 

 grade No. 1 Colorado. Amber, 13c. Beeswax 

 firm at 25@30c. 



W. R. Cromwell Produce Co., 

 Successors to C. C. Clemons 6l Co. 



San Francisco, June 5.— White comb, 11}^@ 

 12!^ cents; amber, '>@10c; dark, 6@8 cents. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 5@0c; light amber, 4@4j<c; 

 amber. 3^@4c. Beeswax. 26@28c. 



Dealers are very bearish in their ideas, but 

 are not securing much honey at the prices they 

 name. In a small way to special trade an ad- 

 vance on quotations is being realized. 



At the P an-A merican 



I can accommodate five or si.x persons who 

 wish to attend the Pan-American E.xpositiod. 

 Rates reasonable. Good car service half a block 

 away. It any wish to enjrajre rooms in advance, 

 address, M. RICKARD, 



254 Dodge Street, UrFFALO, N.Y. 



[Mr. Rickard is a bee-keeper, and will take 

 good care of h's patrons. — Editok.] 



WALTER S.POUDER. 



512 MASS. AVE. INDUNArOLIS. INO. 



